Writer Course Works Samples For Students

Question 1; where in the essay does the writer attempt to establish common ground? Do you think she is successful? The writer lays an argument when she introduces the aspect of safety; she does this by pointing out on the pros of switching off mobiles phones in class. Yes, she is successful, from the research; only one percent of the students misused their phone by not leaving them in mute mode.

Question 2: where does the writer state her position? What evidence does she supply to support this position? In page 191, the writer states her position when she ...

Introduction

Paraphrasing is one of the most important aspects of scholarly writing. Without paraphrasing, most of the articles will be mere duplication of other people ideas and the readers will have no interest in most of the writings. Through paraphrasing, it is possible to transform one’s ideas into yours while acknowledging the original writer. Notably, many potential scholars fail to practice the mannerism in academic writing leading to plagiarism. The aim of this paper is to paraphrase Patricia O’Conner’ paragraph and use the tools of Walden Writing Center to provide a discussion. In addition, the paper also provides a reflection ...

Introduction

I found the article by Gretel Ehrlich very captivating and informative. The writer has used subjective and figurative description in her work in a very superb way. The objective description in the “Struck by Lightning” narration by the writer is used in very subtle terms to describe scenarios in a very factual way without touching on Gretel Ehrlich feelings, opinions or perspectives.

The “Struck by Lightning” story describes the persona, the writer, and experience after being struck by lightning. The narrative structure of Gretel Ehrlich is not fully defined as it covers a small scope of events compared to how ...

Revision Practice

Academic papers should be prepared and written to meet at least all the requirements for any academic paper. The first sight on the paper indicates that the paper was not formatted according to the latest APA writing and referencing style. It should be a double spaced, Times New Roman or Arial and with a font size of twelve. In addition, there must be supporting documentation for the paper, which in this case should have been an in-text citation. This provides the evidence for big statements taken or quoted from other materials. At the end of the paper, there must be a reference ...

CHAPTER REVIEW

Jane Tompkins explains what does ‘Planting a naysayer’ means. It is the strategy of improving a piece of writing by introducing the anticipated arguments and justifications. She explains that, in the process of writing a piece of work, everything goes smoothly. However, in the middle of the process, doubts and fears may arise about how the work will be perceived by the readers; possible arguments which may arise and anticipation of criticisms. Ignoring this thought and moving over with the writing will be a big mistake, says the author. Instead, the entire work needs to be read through and incorporate all possible arguments ...

Writing an essay is not as easy as other people think; a writer needs to consider stages for a quality outcome. A true writer does not hurry in writing an essay and produces a poor final writing outcome, aside from the prewriting process; it includes revising, editing, and proofreading. At this point, it is necessary to identify the difference between revising and editing. The length to revise and to edit a paper depends on the length of an essay written, the time provided to finish it, and . Proper conditioning and pacing help the writer produce a successful draft or essay easily after the revision ...

Linear writing

Evan, Thomas acknowledges that writers usually make a mistake in relation to linear writing. Writers in most instances are not clear in their writing due to lack of a proper thinking .The resulting effect of the confusion is that the reader cannot understand the message from the writing .Thomas thus urges writers to carefully organize ideas before commencing on writing. Further, the writing should be simple to enhance flow ideas .His emphasis on linear writing is that writers should not use words such as but, however and alternatives a lot in their writing because their usage sends a negative image to the reader ...

- My last writing

Writing any piece of information is a critical moment in any one’s life. The particular elements that determine the nature of a well-written work revolves around the critical tenets of proper planning and substantial ideas. The last time I wrote something became a great situation in my life. There are particular elements that still ring concrete in my mind. The first process involved planning for the idea to write. The planning session involved writing down the particular elements that determine my ideas. The planning process dwells on the temporary elimination of the particular topic of analysis. The major ideas find a basis ...

Issue 1- Ethics and Legal Environment

The situation that Arnold the CEO of gun manufacturing company found himself in is very critical. There are two conflicting and touchy issues that Arnold needs to give attention. It is an ethical dilemma situation that needs him to carefully weigh the options. There is a public outcry from the shareholders that Arnold must remove Mac from the Board of director of the company. It is challenging because the shareholders are the backbone of the company and whatever they demand must be attended to. Likewise, Arnold has to consider the profile of Mac, especially how much he has tried to ...

Introduction

In the military, effective communication forms an integral part. Military leaders are problem solvers, strategy layers, managers, organizers and key influencers .All these activities can only proceed effectively if there is effective communication between different ranks within the forces. Success in military largely depends on ability to think critically and express your intentions and ideas effectively. Both written and verbal communication in the military plays a major role. Inability to effectively communicate and mis interpretation have historically cost the military. For instance, during the civil war, it is believed that Gettysburg victory depended on how the juniors decoded General Robert ...

Question One

- You should then summarize, in a short paragraph, which parts of the business you need to strengthen.

The business needs to strengthen its use of the website. They should try to make it an easy method of selling directly to customers. This will enable it to compete with their competitors in a better way. People love to visit the business -a business heritage-, however, it is costly to maintain and thus they need to break away from it. In addition, the business needs to uses technologically advanced production methods since, it still uses labour intensive methods of production. The business ...

Throughout the history, there have been noteworthy literacy movements, many of which have been over and done. Two of the most important literacy movements throughout the time have been transcendentalism and romanticism.

Transcendentalism was a literacy form in the 19th century. Under this literacy form, many writers have contributed in its movement. Among the major pioneers in this literacy form include Ralph Waldo Emerson, Margaret Fuller, Bronson Alcott Theodore Parker. Based on the works of these great transcendentalists I will elucidate the differences that exist between Romanticism and Transcendentalism.

Romanticism draws outs strong feelings and demonstrates significant actions. It is about a ...

Question 23

It is common for people to apply the meaning of the writer and the author interchangeably. However, these two words can be used to derive two different meanings. A writer is considered as a person who writes articles, books, or any other literary work. On the other hand, an author is a person who essentially comes up with the idea, content of the plot of a piece of work to be written. But indeed both words can be used to represent the same person. In other words, the author is a person who uses piece of literary work to express their own ideas ...

What is improved in the 6th edition APA format?

The American Psychological Association (APA) format is now in its 6th edition whose focus is mainly on publication. The video on you tube is a concise step by step as to how to format a paper in the APA style of formatting. In this video the video graphics and voice quality are in clear unaccented English which is appropriate for all peoples who can understand the language. The voice speed is also good for the ear making it possible for an individual to understand the step by step guide to APA as well as the length of the video. Lastly the ...

Question 1

Round characters;
Anders is a round character in the sense that he acts in a manner that is unexpected at the time when such behavior does put him in a precarious position. This can be seen in the story where at the bank the thieves order everyone to be quiet yet he continues talking even when he is specifically warned by one of the robbers in not to talk. He also acts as if he is in a comfort zone, acts reluctantly while everyone else is tensed. His round character can also be explained in terms of his protagonist nature where he ...

Persons most affected by this document: NoneAudience temperament: Mild_Probable reaction to the document: GoodRisk of alienating anyone: NoneAudience Expectations About the DocumentReason document originated: To give original information about the subject

Acceptable length: One page

“Geospatial data, GIS data or geodata has explicit geographic positioning information included within it, such as a road network from a GIS, or a geo-referenced satellite image.” (1)
Geospatial term specifies two things – ‘Geo’ and ‘Spatial’. Geographical factors, is combined with spatial management, to create a geospatial data. These are almost three dimensional, and have much better information factor than a normal map.

A geospatial data is developed ...

An important concept that is apparent from the reading is the need for the developed countries to take more responsibilities towards preservation of environment by reducing the emission of greenhouse gases to curb global warming. The importance of curbing global warming is to avoid its detrimental effect to the environment and ultimately to humankind. The developed nations must take the lead role in combating global warming is because are the major contributors of carbon emissions that are responsible for global warming. Since the vast majority of the industries that emit the carbon and other greenhouse gasses in the environment ...

The famous aboriginal personality whom I have chosen for the assessment on aboriginal personalities is David Unaipon. David Ngunaitponi or David Unaipon as he later came to be known as was born on 28 September, 1872 at Raukkan Mission in the Coorong region of South Australia. Being the fourth of the nine children of his parents James and Nymbulda Ngunaitponi, Unaipon started formal education at 7 from Point McLeay Mission School.

After being forced to leave school at the age of 13 he was then forced to work as a bootmaker. But, after his marriage to Katherine Carter, a Tangane woman ...

In the article, Sayers (2004) argues that everythijng that man encounters will try to get the real picture of it using analogies. Since we have not seen God, man has tried different analogies to compare God so that he gets the real pictiure of Him. Although the Jews tried as amuch as possible to discourage this behaviour, man has never ceased to compare God and think of Him in terms of analogies. If man is to stop comparing God with analogies, it is a way of telling man not to think of God. From time to time, man has been ...

Jedi monetary policy is an article that was written by Jonathan Wright in Washington. The article was written on 8th September 2011. The article is criticizes the actions that the Swiss national bank has taken to stimulate the economic growth of the country.

According to the article, the Swiss government aimed at stimulating the economic growth by the applicatication of macroeconomic policies. The Swiss government aimed at increasing the economic growth rate to at least 6 percent. The writer of the article points out several policies that the Swiss national bank could use to stimulate the economy. He shows ...

There a lot of connection between information technology and biblical concepts of wisdom and intelligence. The book of Proverbs talks about wisdom in almost all the passages. There are many passages where the concepts of wisdom that are presented in the bible relate with what is there in information and data mioniongng and the intelligence and information that come from it. This paper will analyze the concepts of how information technology and the biblical concepts of wisdom are related.

IT relation with biblical concepts

In proverbs 8:32-35, we are told that we should always seek for wisdom and we should always look at the doors ...

Numbered Response for Questions on Burglary

- What are the steps to investigating a burglary?
Clemens (2013) argues that burglaries are the most common crimes that the patrol officers respond to in America. The police officers opens an investigation that helps them solve the case. For a successful investigation, several steps must be followed. First, officers should approach the crime scene with caution. This is because the perpetrators may still be in the crime scene. They should also always be alert for suspicious individuals. Secondly, Clemens (2013) states that the crime scene should be secured as this makes it easier for police officers to collect evidence. ...

I am a person who has always enjoyed stories. As a kid I remember my parents reading stories to me. As human beings I think that we all live at the level of stories. It is how we navigate through life and learn about other’s lives and share our lives with others. I sometimes like to think of my own endings when they don’t end the way I want them to. I think some day I might want to be a writer. I have heard it said that the best way to become a better writer would be to become someone ...

Introduction: This film describes the dirty trick made in a top TV quiz show during the 1950s that led to the general belief that many of the popular TV quick shows at that time were rigged, and that contestants were given the answers before the show. This incident is considered a milestone in the TV spectrum because it suddenly pours cold water on a sizzling show that many people were excited to watch. The appeal of this quiz program is not focused on the scandal, but on the result. The readers of this paper will find it interesting to read because it ...

The note was very fascinating and interesting to read. The author depicted on his curiosity and interest of reading. The content is perfectly very well written and to the point. The author is clear in his description of how he became a writer in spite of all the obstacles he had to go through. I completely agree to the points the author narrates in the novel. He uses phrases and repetition of words makes the reader get more involved into the subject matter. The use of the metaphor ‘thickness of the door that must be broken through’ implies to ...

Horror movies have become extremely popular. The main question is why people enjoy being scared and disgusted while seeing monsters and serial killers. During the last thirty years, the horror genre has gained a lot of attention even among academics. It has been researched in sociological and cultural way but also as a psychological phenomenon.

"An Introduction to the American Horror Film" by the film critic Robin Wood was published in 1979 and the horror genre was studied within psychoanalytic theory. Horror movies were thought to be a metaphor for an oppressed society: the monster represented the marginalized, "Frankenstein symbolized ...

How to Publish a Website and Choose a Web Hosting Server

Abstract

This paper describes the steps that need to be performed in order to publish a website on a web hosting provider. It describes only the general steps for performing such, as the detailed steps vary, depending on the web authoring tool, web hosting server, and FTP client selected. Furthermore, the steps described are for the manual publishing of a website, that is, without using the web publishing feature of a web authoring tool.

In addition, this paper discusses a specific web hosting server, its features, and why a particular plan from the website hosting server would be ideal for the writer.

Website Publishing:

There are three ...

Abstract

The book of Job is regarded as a literature of wisdom. It is one of the books of the Old Testament. Through the years this book has been praised extravagantly. Luther ounces said that the book of Job is sublime and magnificent and that there is no other book of the scriptures that can be compared to it. Carlyle also making his contribution about the book of Job said that it has no equal in and out of the bible. The book of Job comprises of three sections: the prologue, epilogue and the conclusion. Both the prologue and epilogue are ...

1. VIEW FROM ABOVE

SUMMARY

The narration starts with a trip on the atmosphere of Bolivia towards Brazil. At Beni, a Bolivian Province, snow and water can be seen covering the whole land surface flowing towards the northern rivers which form some of the tributaries of the Amazon. Countless islands of forests can be seen some of which form almost perfect circles. History has it that before 1491, America was almost untouched. Apart from the Beni’s inhabitants being involved in the building of several infrastructures, they also trapped fish in the seasonally flooded grassland. Beni’s future is uncertain as there are proposals that ...

Discussion Question Week 7

A cause and effect essay can be defined as a paper that explores what consequences an action or aspect can have on people, life, and the environment in which it occurs. In the case of video games, a cause and effect essay would discuss what video games do to society and how it changes the people who play them. It is often argued that the presence of sex and violence in video games has the effect of desensitizing children to these things, making them less afraid or naïve about them. The concern is that violent and sexual video games are ...

The formats: Business communication takes many different formats. Not only there are both oral and written business communications, but also there are various types of correspondence and technology, suited for a distinct audience, purpose, and situation. To communicate successfully in business, one must adopt and adapt many different channels of communication. The common written communications used in a business environment include; Email, Memos, Letters, Reports, Proposals, Fliers, Brochures, Newsletters, Faxes, Websites, Instant Messaging, Blogging and Noticeboards.

The Writing Process: The recipe followed by successful business writers are a three pronged writing process .i.e. prewrite, write and rewrite. Prewrite is for gathering ...

According to Jürgen Lawrenz, music as an art has power and that its profundity and truthfulness is linked to factors such as unconsummated symbols, root experiences, imprinted words and images and perceptual present. His essay is based on ideas from, Jung, Langer, Schopenhauer and others which he puts together to come up with his own views on music, owing to information that he obtained after reading Peter Kivy’s work, Music Alone. Jürgen Lawrenz talks about music and art as a whole based on the various perspectives of judging music and its effects. These perspectives are those above ...

The purpose of a pen is used to apply ink on a surface such as paper for writing or drawing with different types like ink pen, ballpen, mechanical pen, and fountain pen and many colors . For many, a pen is just a simple instrument in writing. In a deep sense, for me a pen is a helpful tool for a person with an artistic mind and heart. It can contribute changes in the outlook of life through writing. It is everything because I considered a pen as my life and my friend. Every word I write touches my soul and leaves a ...

Shigeji Tsuboi was a prominent Japanese poet of the new age of Japanese literature. He was born on October 10, 1897 and died in September 4, 1975 at the age of 77 years. Tsuboi was born on the island of Shodoshima. He went to the Waseda University in Tokyo, but he never completed his studies. Initially, Tsuboi started out as a modernist and anarchist. As the wave of Marxism grew stronger in Japan, It away Tsuboi, and he broke up with the anarchists. The breaking away from the anarchist movement resulted in a broken arm.

Tsuboi started operating with the proletarian association; ...

Communication

Argumentative essays require writers to disagree, agree, or give an opinion about a proposition tentatively or strongly (Escudeiro, Escudeiro & IOS Press, 2011). They are about making an assessment or passing a judgement depending on stated criteria. In situations a writer agrees with a proposition, it is significant that terms applied or explored based on the stated criteria are defined. Terms, for example, effectiveness, or success are always value-laden. Essentially, a writer is required to pass judgement on how bad or good something is, or/and how is it true (Shirren & Phillips, 2011, p. 3).

Less argumentative individuals can be worked with by setting expectations, which ...

The paper tends to discuss the oddity of Aphra Behn, who is a female writer of 1688 and known as a very famous female novel writer. Her writing style depicts her personality, and her chosen topics are indicative of her station and feminism. The writing style of Behn affects the understanding of the readers. Therefore, the paper is based in the oddity of Aphra Behn novels, writings and her personality.

It is evident that the Behn’s chosen topics are clearly indicative of her feminism. After reading her written work, it can be said that there are many topics in which ...

One of the main values in public health involves communicating research results. In order to do this, public health professionals must first have the economical means to perform a research study, and then successfully reporting its results to the scientific community. Writing is a skill that allows professionals to achieve this. Though it can be intimidating for young researchers at first, it is a skill that can be learned through practice. Writing small projects proposals are a great way to gain writing experience within a controlled environment (Penrod, 2003). Three of the most important tips for young writers would be style polishing, writing order, ...

1. Different disciplines have their respective definitions of hypothesis. In science, hypothesis is defined as the initial building block in the scientific method based on recurring knowledge, theories and observations with no pre-determined outcome (Zimmerman, 2012). Hypothesis is a form of a statement made in the manner of an educated guess that can be used as a basis for consequent scientific methods. The formulated hypothesis may or may not be accepted as a theory after an experiment.

It is not very difficult to formulate a hypothesis in general, as long as the dependent and independent variables have been mapped properly. Furthermore, doing qualitative and ...

Hawthorne’s Young Goodman Brown is full of symbolism, imagery and allegory. Imagery helps the reader to visually experience a scene. The description of the forest or the woods by Hawthorne is an instance of Imagery. Woods are vividly described in this short story to be nightmarish and confusing. The encounter with the devil also takes place in the forest. Hence, the forest vividly uses the imagery to be foreboding, ominous, unpredictable and isolated. The story has drawn a vivid imagery to display the association of woods with fear and alienation as has been depicted in fairy tales like Little Red ...

A user story is a short description put in everyday language to represent a discrete piece of demonstrable functionality. It can also be described as a desirement, desirable outcome by a stakeholder or a request for software to change that stakeholders desire and perceive as a necessity. User story is used to quickly document a stakeholder’s desire without giving vast formalized details. User stories are used in agile development to provide a framework where the detail of the project can be understood and added as it is needed just enough and in time.
In agile framework, the task of creating a user story is open to ...

Is the author associated with a reputable institution or organization?

Mikael Nilsson and Jan Ostergren are members of the Department of Medicine in Karolinska University Hospital of the Karolinska Institute in Sweden while Uno Fors is a member of the Department of Computer and Systems Science in Stockholm University in Sweden and Annette Rickenlund, Lennart Jordeldt, Kenneth Caidahl, and Gunilla Bolinder are members of the Department of Molecular Medicine and Surgery in Karolinska University Hospital of the Karolinska Institute in Sweden.

Is the research timely or current?

The article Does individual learning styles influence the choice to use a web-based ECG learning program in a blended learning setting? (Nilsson et al., 2012) was received by the BMC Medical ...

Writing a case brief is a task that should be done with high degree of concentration and accurateness to address the issues and matters in question in a manner that they will appear completely correct. A case brief is of great importance as it gives a background and platform to a case so as to fully inform the involved of the case at hand. As such, it represents the exact actions that occurred and hence it is of great importance for it to be written in the most correct format and omission of words and making mistakes should be avoided completely. This is important ...

Part I

Research essay refers to as the type of writing that requires a writer to read instructions carefully and before starting to write one must explore the subject to which the instructions denote in order to find the topic. Once the topic is understood, a writer must then find resources relating to the topic and locate information regarding the subject. Then read the information carefully in order to find applicable information which would then help a person to organize his/her thoughts. This process may require more time as different skills are employed to ensure a certain level of accuracy hence one must have some ...

As a prominent orator, author and abolitionist in (1818-95) Frederick Douglass was born a slave. He soon went on to become a world renowned anti-slavery activist at the age of 20 when he managed to escape from slavery. As well as classics of American autobiography, Douglass’s three autobiographies are also seen as important works of the slave narrative tradition. From his attacks on Jim Crow and lynching in the 1890s, and earlier on in the 1840s his abolition activities, Douglass’s work as a reformer had a wide range.

Douglass achieved fame internationally as a writer and a persuasive and inspiring speaker in the 16 ...

The book “Everything’s an argument with Readings” gives a reflection on almost all matters. The many ways of arranging arguments are presented fairly. Arguably there are arguments from almost all weighty topics; from culture, to advertisements to matters of friendship, food, religion, diversity and work. From the various arguments, I have chosen to consider just two chapters, and from these I have chosen to discuss just four items. The four items come from the first two chapters.

Chapter 21, dubbed “How Does Popular Culture Stereotype you,” has excerpts of eight different essays. The two that caught ...

Steve Bantu Biko, a spouse to Ntsiki Mashalaba was born in December 1946 in King William’s town in South Africa. He was a son of Mathew who was occupied in the police force and Alice who worked as a domestic servant at a hospital in the town. He was an Anti-apartheid activist in the country between the year 1960 and the year 1970. At the University, he was the student leader that later spearheaded the formation of the Black Consciousness Movement. It is this movement that endeavored to empower as well as mobilize much of the urban black populace in the country.

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The success of any company is not only dependent on the competency of the employees and but also for the contribution of the vendors. There are roles that need to be filled by the vendor. These roles are known and understood by the vendor because they are the ones who understand the system. The roles that can be aided by the vendor include designer, developer and technical writer. The designer role is because the vendor understands the process and what needs to be undertaken in the project. They understand the requirements and the procedures which they have been undertaking ...

A particular feature of the literature is that it can send the author’s message in various ways and reach a target reader out of the crowd of ignorant ones. This can be often achieved through the hidden meaning inside a literary work or through irony, satire and caricature of the reality described. The aim of the present work is to compare and contrast Anton Chekhov’s play “The Proposal” and Guy de Maupassant’s short story “The Necklace”. In this context, the comparison will be conducted in the framework of the depicting of the same theme of gender ...

Part I

Currently, one of the most significant controversies in American politics has to do with the discussion of the 2013 budget. The conservative party, the Republicans, wants to cut spending and, where possible, cut taxes, which they say will boost the economy. They also want to modify benefit programs such as Medicare and Social Security, because without changes, they will bankrupt the government within a matter of decades. The liberal party, the Democrats, wants to raise taxes to narrow the government debt while making more limited spending changes, and have not yet addressed the benefit programs. The Republican budget leader is ...

My passion for writing developed quite early in my life despite a relatively slow start! I remember being taught how to write the alphabets by my mother – yes, my memory does go back far. She was particular about preparing me before I started pre-school, a pre-pre-school-school of sorts. I had learned to say the alphabets soon enough found it very difficult to write the alphabet ‘E’, drawing circles instead of a pretty cursive letter. However, once I actually joined pre-school, I received rave reviews for just how good my handwriting was. This made me swell with pride. I also realized ...

Describe a virtual agent/assistant (i.e. Anna at Ikea.com, Microsoft "Clippy"). What does it do? What is its appearance like (realistic or cartoon)? How does it communicate with the user (text or speech or both)? Is it helpful to you in completing a task? Is it "persuasive"?

Interactive designers aim at developing interactive systems that bring forth positive responses from the users (Rogers et al., 2007), including responses such as making the users feel motivated to play, learn, be social, and be creative.

Virtual agents are one of the interactive interface elements that interactive designers use to ...

Virtualization is the creation of something virtual in the place of having the actual physical hardware or machine (Epstein, 2011). It is a “combination of software and hardware engineering that creates Virtual Machines,” which are “an abstraction of the computer hardware that allows a single machine to act as if it were many machines” (Burger, 2008). Some of the forms that the virtual version takes include network resources, storage devices, operating systems, and hardware platforms (Epstein).

Some of the benefits offered by virtualization are increased company profits and growth rate; ensured business continuity; responsiveness to changing business needs; ...

Abstract

There are many theoretical assumptions pertaining to social change form classical, intermediary and contemporary sociological schools of thought. Even physiology; psychology, metaphysics; spiritual physics attempt explanations of social change from their paradigm of existence. As such, social change can first be considered an interdisciplinary concept which is inevitable since it impinges on every aspect of life experiences. In the following pages of this mini exposition the writer will examine social change by making comparisons between traditional and modern urban societies; relating responses to this phenomenon by advancing suggestions on how we as a society can deal with the not so ...

Abstract

Natural and physical sciences have been considered older disciplines than social science. As such, speculations are that methodologies used in social science in many ways either overlap or have been remodeled for the purposes of interpreting social phenomenon. However, the argument has always pertained to determining the extent a social scientific perspective relies on methods drawn from the physical and natural sciences. In the following pages of this document the writer will conduct an evaluation by implicitly formulating a social scientific question; explaining its significance from a social scientific perspective; analyzing three specific research problems which can emerge from this question; providing a ...

‘Joyas Voladores’ – Brian Doyle

I thought this was a superb piece of writing. Doyle’s description of the hummingbird’s engaging and well-written. In the first paragraph, after the opening sentence, he starts three short sentences with the phrase ‘A hummingbird’s heart is...’ – a technique called anaphora. He then finishes the paragraph with one very long sentence full of vivid verbs – “whirring...zooming...nectaring...hammering.” He uses anaphora at the start of the second paragraph too – “They can...” and the long list of the exotic and mysterious names of different types of hummingbirds adds an element of what is almost poetry to the essay. He then goes ...

Discussion Question #2

In the past century, news media has changed from simple newspapers to a vast empire of television networks, magazines, and online content that allows for multiple methods of delivering the same news stories 24 hours a day, seven days a week. People no longer want to just get the big news of the day – there is now enough time to learn celebrity gossip, the latest political scandals, and reviews of what happened on television the previous night. This can tend to dilute the actual media and take away its sense of importance and individuality, as the stories tend to bleed together. Modern ...

1. When completing a piece of research-based coursework, it is vitally important to support your writing with research completed through solid, reliable sources. The problem with many students today, is that with the rise in popularity of the internet, open-web sources are now readily available and brimming over with information. ‘Wikis’, as they are known, are information communities which encourage and enable their users to edit and provide information on subjects. Understandably, this information is largely unreliable as it is fundamentally unsupported by references or a qualification held by its author. When completing a research-based project, it is important to make an ...